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谓

wèi

say, tell, call

Phonosemantic compound. 讠 represents the meaning and 胃 represents the sound. Simplified form of 謂.

Components
讠 meaning component

讠  Meaning component

yán

  

speech

讠 is a component form of 言.

胃 sound component

胃  Sound component

wèi

  

stomach

Evolution

谓 Bronze script Late Spring and Autumn (~500 BC)

Bronze script

Late Spring and Autumn (~500 BC)
谓 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
谓 Clerical script Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)

Clerical script

Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
谓 Traditional script Modern

Traditional script

Modern
谓 Simplified script Modern

Simplified script

Modern
Definitions

谓 (謂) 

wèi

say, tell; call, name; be called; to speak; to say; to name; to designate; meaning; sense

谓 (謂) 

Wèi

surname Wei

Most common words with 谓
Freq.
Word
Meaning

所谓

so-called

无所谓

to be indifferent

可谓

it could even be said

谓

to speak

无谓

pointless

Statistics

HSK level 4

Appears in 32.4844% of movies

1288th most common character in movies

945th most common character in books

Miscellaneous

Strokes

11

Traditional

謂

Unicode

U+8C13


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